Thailand Division 2 Thread

[the_englishman]

If they receive money to attend games then they are not fans: they are employees. Check the dictionary definition of each word if you disagree.

fans are only fans if they go to all the games HOME and AWAY are you a real fan have you been to every game this season league and cup well i have every single game and some of buriram F.C. games like chiang mai away then on a bus for 20 hours so i could watch the pea play sisaget the next day.just the same as all the hardcore thai fans in buriram.your so rapped up with your hatred of buriram you have lost the true meaning of the word SUPPORT.

Absolute nonsense. I work six days a week (including full weekends) because I'm married and I have a baby daughter to support. Sorry for not being a real fan.
My definition of a real fan would be a person who sticks by the team whether they are winning or losing; through the good times and the bad. And, of course, someone who doesn't get paid to go to matches.

There are 'hardcore' Buriram fans, and here they are. All 25 of them watching Buriram F.C in 2009 before Newin and his money came along

well unlike you i don't have to work i retired when i was 36 and as for buriram F.C i will only go to a few games ,because my number 1 team is the pea P.S it's great being rich but you will never know,and one more thing don't drink to much tonight you have to be up early in the morning for WORK.hahahahaha.

Rich?
You can be anything you like on the internet, as long as people believe you.
Now can we please get out of the playground and back to the real world?
And bear in mind that we try to be nice to people around here and that you may damage the cause you profess to support if you appear to come across as rude or simply ridiculous.Your last post was both.

By your logic, a man would not be a true fan of his team if he stopped to resuscitate a person hit by a car instead of driving past on his way to the game, even if the injured person was a team player.

[PEA]

If they receive money to attend games then they are not fans: they are employees. Check the dictionary definition of each word if you disagree.

fans are only fans if they go to all the games HOME and AWAY are you a real fan have you been to every game this season league and cup well i have every single game and some of buriram F.C. games like chiang mai away then on a bus for 20 hours so i could watch the pea play sisaget the next day.just the same as all the hardcore thai fans in buriram.your so rapped up with your hatred of buriram you have lost the true meaning of the word SUPPORT.

Absolute nonsense. I work six days a week (including full weekends) because I'm married and I have a baby daughter to support. Sorry for not being a real fan.
My definition of a real fan would be a person who sticks by the team whether they are winning or losing; through the good times and the bad. And, of course, someone who doesn't get paid to go to matches.

There are 'hardcore' Buriram fans, and here they are. All 25 of them watching Buriram F.C in 2009 before Newin and his money came along

well unlike you i don't have to work i retired when i was 36 and as for buriram F.C i will only go to a few games ,because my number 1 team is the pea P.S it's great being rich but you will never know,and one more thing don't drink to much tonight you have to be up early in the morning for WORK.hahahahaha.

Rich?
You can be anything you like on the internet, as long as people believe you.
Now can we please get out of the playground and back to the real world?
And bear in mind that we try to be nice to people around here and that you may damage the cause you profess to support if you appear to come across as rude or simply ridiculous.Your last post was both.

By your logic, a man would not be a true fan of his team if he stopped to resuscitate a person hit by a car instead of driving past on his way to the game, even if the injured person was a team player.

i don't care what you or your friends say since i have been on here i have had to listen to all your winging and whining about fans being paid about newin is a corrupt man,the refs being tampered with,newin should not be allowed to run 2 clubs,the game against muangthong was wrong because the goalkeeper was cheating the ref never allowed enough injury time,we cannot take our water bottles into the ground etc etc,then when i say something i am wrong and then you tell me that i am rude.if you don't believe what i say up to you but to state a fact is not being rude,and one more thing read your own statement (we try to be nice to people around here)your not trying hard enough.UP THE BURIRAM PEA.

[BKK73]

While on the subject of oracles, Football Siam is tipping Buriram FC to win Group 1 comfortably, with either Chiang Mai or Saraburi to go up with them. They've picked Group 2 to be tighter, but are tipping Phuket and Chai Nat, with Samut Prakan and Bangkok FC to push them hard.

The Div 2 Champions League enters its second round of fixtures today. Looking back at Football Siam's predictions, they seem to have predicted Group 1 perfectly.
Group2 as predicted has been tighter. Rayong have surprised a few pundits and top group 2. I think this group will go right down to the wire.

p.s Wolfman's predictions were deleted to save him from any embarrassment. 

[Vinnie]

when i say something i am wrong and then you tell me that i am rude.if you don't believe what i say up to you but to state a fact is not being rude,

P.S it's great being rich but you will never know,and one more thing don't drink to much tonight you have to be up early in the morning for WORK.hahahahaha.

People can judge for themselves whether that's rude or not.
 
I've been critical of many aspects of the Buriram 'revolution', but I haven't felt the need to mock or attack you or binnsy.

[PEA]

when i say something i am wrong and then you tell me that i am rude.if you don't believe what i say up to you but to state a fact is not being rude,

P.S it's great being rich but you will never know,and one more thing don't drink to much tonight you have to be up early in the morning for WORK.hahahahaha.

People can judge for themselves whether that's rude or not.
 
I've been critical of many aspects of the Buriram 'revolution', but I haven't felt the need to mock or attack you or binnsy.

did not mock or attack simply stated a fact,look back at some of your statement and you will see plenty of mockery and attacks at the pea club after all it's only friendly banter, you cannot take it but you like giving  it out. GOOD LUCK TO THE BURIRAM PEA TOMORROW WE WILL ALL BE IN BANGKOK PAINTING THE TOWN BLUE.                      NEWIN OUR HERO

[Vinnie]

when i say something i am wrong and then you tell me that i am rude.if you don't believe what i say up to you but to state a fact is not being rude,

P.S it's great being rich but you will never know,and one more thing don't drink to much tonight you have to be up early in the morning for WORK.hahahahaha.

People can judge for themselves whether that's rude or not.
 
I've been critical of many aspects of the Buriram 'revolution', but I haven't felt the need to mock or attack you or binnsy.

did not mock or attack simply stated a fact,look back at some of your statement and you will see plenty of mockery and attacks at the pea club after all it's only friendly banter, you cannot take it but you like giving  it out. GOOD LUCK TO THE BURIRAM PEA TOMORROW WE WILL ALL BE IN BANGKOK PAINTING THE TOWN BLUE.                      NEWIN OUR HERO

Laughing at me for not being as rich as you is not mockery?!

Yes, you're right "lot's of mockery and attacks at the pea club". As I said I've been critical of Buriram PEA/FC (and I am proud of and stand by every word of that criticism) but I've not mocked you or binnsy.

[PEA]

when i say something i am wrong and then you tell me that i am rude.if you don't believe what i say up to you but to state a fact is not being rude,

P.S it's great being rich but you will never know,and one more thing don't drink to much tonight you have to be up early in the morning for WORK.hahahahaha.

People can judge for themselves whether that's rude or not.
 
I've been critical of many aspects of the Buriram 'revolution', but I haven't felt the need to mock or attack you or binnsy.

did not mock or attack simply stated a fact,look back at some of your statement and you will see plenty of mockery and attacks at the pea club after all it's only friendly banter, you cannot take it but you like giving  it out. GOOD LUCK TO THE BURIRAM PEA TOMORROW WE WILL ALL BE IN BANGKOK PAINTING THE TOWN BLUE.                      NEWIN OUR HERO

Laughing at me for not being as rich as you is not mockery?!

Yes, you're right "lot's of mockery and attacks at the pea club". As I said I've been critical of Buriram PEA/FC (and I am proud of and stand by every word of that criticism) but I've not mocked you or binnsy.

stop being so sensitive it's friendly banter lighten up a bit.

[wolfman]

p.s Wolfman's predictions were deleted to save him from any embarrassment.  

Binnsy will be horrified that I'm tipping PEA tomorrow

Today's results:
Rangsit Uni. 0-1 Phichit
Trang 0-2 Chiang Mai
Saraburi v Buriram is now a lonely fixture on 4 December.

Chiang Mai and Buriram tied on 13 pts, though Buriram obviously have the game in hand. Phichit join Saraburi (game in hand too) on 8, Rangsit remain on 6, and Trang still yet to break their duck.

[Vinnie]

p.s Wolfman's predictions were deleted to save him from any embarrassment.  

Binnsy will be horrified that I'm tipping PEA tomorrow

Today's results:
Rangsit Uni. 0-1 Phichit
Trang 0-2 Chiang Mai
Saraburi v Buriram is now a lonely fixture on 4 December.

Chiang Mai and Buriram tied on 13 pts, though Buriram obviously have the game in hand. Phichit join Saraburi (game in hand too) on 8, Rangsit remain on 6, and Trang still yet to break their duck.

Why didn't Buriram play their game? I've a feeling it's because the Chidchobs were already in Bangkok getting ready for the League Cup final.

[wolfman]

no we don't have to turn them inside out our boss just buys us new ones, i am so glad i support a club as rich as this one.and such a beautiful shade of orange,don't you agree

2. Why not give something to the fans they travel everywhere to see there club play.

Thanks Loko - 250 is cheaper than any shirt I've seen (or bought) this season.

PEA - I think I've spotted a flaw in that argument. I agree with the sentiment of rewarding loyal fans, but (and correct me if I'm wrong) the supporters were given their shirt at the beginning of the season. Unless the shirts were given to a bunch of fans from Ayutthaya, Buriram-PEA didn't have any fans to reward at that stage - at least not for travelling to home and away games.
Buriram FC perhaps, but I also doubt the number of hardcore fans from their first season was anywhere near Binnsy's figure of 800.

[Vinnie]

no we don't have to turn them inside out our boss just buys us new ones, i am so glad i support a club as rich as this one.and such a beautiful shade of orange,don't you agree

2. Why not give something to the fans they travel everywhere to see there club play.

Thanks Loko - 250 is cheaper than any shirt I've seen (or bought) this season.

PEA - I think I've spotted a flaw in that argument. I agree with the sentiment of rewarding loyal fans, but (and correct me if I'm wrong) the supporters were given their shirt at the beginning of the season. Unless the shirts were given to a bunch of fans from Ayutthaya, Buriram-PEA didn't have any fans to reward at that stage - at least not for travelling to home and away games.
Buriram FC perhaps, but I also doubt the number of hardcore fans from their first season was anywhere near Binnsy's figure of 800.

Fewer than 200 at Buriram for their 'derby' with us in 2009 - I'll dig out the photo album later to back that statement up - and we took about 50/60. Over 14,000 present for the same fixture in 2010.
I don't remember their having an away support in Korat for the reverse fixture in 2009, but over 500 attended this year. 

[wolfman]

Group B, Week 6
Bangkok FC 1-1 Rayong
Loei 0-0 Phuket
Samut Prakan 2-4 Chai Nat

Rayong 12pts, Chai Nat & Phuket 10 each, Samut Prakan 8, Loei 4, Bangkok 3.

Still tight at the top, Phuket with a slight advantage, with 3 of the last 4 matches down South. SP have the opposite problem (3 away trips), & everyone else has 2+2.

I must be Chai Nat's lucky charm. That's the 2nd time I've gone to see them, and they've scored 4 and won both times. Entertaining game too, plenty of goals, 2 penalties, a little bit of niggle (with lots of yellow cards), and an almost full house. I might add more later.

[druryfire]

Can anyone tell me where Bangkok North Central ASSN play and when the team was formed? I've got records going back to 2007 but I'm sure they were formed before.

Information I've been told is that they play at the Bangkok University ground, but just how many teams actually play there?

[Vinnie]

Group B, Week 6
Bangkok FC 1-1 Rayong
Loei 0-0 Phuket
Samut Prakan 2-4 Chai Nat

Rayong 12pts, Chai Nat & Phuket 10 each, Samut Prakan 8, Loei 4, Bangkok 3.

Still tight at the top, Phuket with a slight advantage, with 3 of the last 4 matches down South. SP have the opposite problem (3 away trips), & everyone else has 2+2.

I must be Chai Nat's lucky charm. That's the 2nd time I've gone to see them, and they've scored 4 and won both times. Entertaining game too, plenty of goals, 2 penalties, a little bit of niggle (with lots of yellow cards), and an almost full house. I might add more later.

I was going to say that Chainat go second on GD, but I assume they'll be using head-to-head if teams are level on points so, techinically, Phuket are second, although the teams are yet to meet in Chainat.

[Vinnie]

no we don't have to turn them inside out our boss just buys us new ones, i am so glad i support a club as rich as this one.and such a beautiful shade of orange,don't you agree

2. Why not give something to the fans they travel everywhere to see there club play.

Thanks Loko - 250 is cheaper than any shirt I've seen (or bought) this season.

PEA - I think I've spotted a flaw in that argument. I agree with the sentiment of rewarding loyal fans, but (and correct me if I'm wrong) the supporters were given their shirt at the beginning of the season. Unless the shirts were given to a bunch of fans from Ayutthaya, Buriram-PEA didn't have any fans to reward at that stage - at least not for travelling to home and away games.
Buriram FC perhaps, but I also doubt the number of hardcore fans from their first season was anywhere near Binnsy's figure of 800.

Fewer than 200 at Buriram for their 'derby' with us in 2009 - I'll dig out the photo album later to back that statement up - and we took about 50/60. Over 14,000 present for the same fixture in 2010.
I don't remember their having an away support in Korat for the reverse fixture in 2009, but over 500 attended this year. 

Not trying to wind anyone up but I did say I would post the photos to back my statement up:

Buriram F.C. v Nakhon Ratchasima F.C. 6th June 2009, http://webboard.koratfc.net/index.php?topic=1121.0

Buriram F.C. v Nakhon Ratchasima F.C. 25th July 2010, http://webboard.koratfc.net/index.php?topic=6603.0

[Vinnie]

Can anyone tell me where Bangkok North Central ASSN play and when the team was formed? I've got records going back to 2007 but I'm sure they were formed before.

Information I've been told is that they play at the Bangkok University ground, but just how many teams actually play there?

They are difficult to get information on. I googled thir name in Thai and they don't seem to have an official website (or unofficial for that matter). All I have found out is that they are the team of North Bangkok University (the crest is the same) so I can't tell you why they're called North Bangkok Central Association.

website of the uni showing the same crest that is to be found on North Central shirts http://www.northbkk.ac.th

[BKK73]

Can anyone tell me where Bangkok North Central ASSN play and when the team was formed? I've got records going back to 2007 but I'm sure they were formed before.

Information I've been told is that they play at the Bangkok University ground, but just how many teams actually play there?

They are difficult to get information on. I googled thir name in Thai and they don't seem to have an official website (or unofficial for that matter). All I have found out is that they are the team of North Bangkok University (the crest is the same) so I can't tell you why they're called North Bangkok Central Association.

website of the uni showing the same crest that is to be found on North Central shirts http://www.northbkk.ac.th

The team that play were playing at Bangkok Uni towards the end of the season are called North Bangkok University

Another team with a similar name of North Central were playing last season  สนามเฉลิมพระเกียรติ 72 พรรษา มีนบุรี. It's in Minburi.

[druryfire]

It does seem like most of these Bangkok teams all play at the same place and are all generally playing for the same uni!

[druryfire]

Prachinburi lost to Laos 6:1 today

[druryfire]

Can anyone tell me where Bangkok North Central ASSN play and when the team was formed? I've got records going back to 2007 but I'm sure they were formed before.

Information I've been told is that they play at the Bangkok University ground, but just how many teams actually play there?

They are difficult to get information on. I googled thir name in Thai and they don't seem to have an official website (or unofficial for that matter). All I have found out is that they are the team of North Bangkok University (the crest is the same) so I can't tell you why they're called North Bangkok Central Association.

website of the uni showing the same crest that is to be found on North Central shirts http://www.northbkk.ac.th

There does seem to be an awful lot of clubs that have links to a either Bangkok Uni, Bangkok North Uni or Bangkok North Central Uni

[Vinnie]

Just to muddy the waters a little further. The link takes you to photos of North-Central v Thai Summit (all the way back on 6th March). I suspect the ground is at North Bangkok University. It's certainly not the 72nd Birthday stadium in Minburi, nor the Bangkok Uni' stadium that Bangkok Utd latterly used.
And to add to the confusion, hoardings can clearly be seen displaying North Bangkok Football Club, since 2006 but the scoreboard says North Central and the crest on the hoardings is different to the one on the shirt.

http://www.thailandsusu.com/webboard/index.php?topic=96161.0

[Vinnie]

And some more confusion. This site says they play at Thupatemee (same stadium as Air Force United) http://www.thaisoccernet.com/team/north-central
Thai wikipedia says they play at North Bangkok Uni.

[wolfman]

I'm skimming the fixtures on TLO.

North-Central started mostly at Thupatemi Stadium, but also played 11th Grom Taharn Raap Stadium (Army 11th Division Stadium?), and seem to have finished at 72nd Anniversary Minburi. Though they actually played their final 'home' game v Kasetsart U. at Kasetsart.

North Bangkok College played at that 11th Army ground at the beginning of the season, but also used 72 Anniversary Minburi and Rangsit Uni during the season.

In that division, ground-hopping seems common. Rajawithi have home games listed at Thai-Japanese Dindaeng, Bang Mod, 3K Nong Jok, and 72 Anniversary Minburi.

I can't find any info on North-Central either. The only thing I know about them is Anon Sangsanoi started his career there.

[Vinnie]

Re: Rajwithi. They've definitely played at Thai-Japanese and Bang Mod this season.
It's a shame the two historic regally entitled teams, Rajwithi and Rajpracha, who have been around longer than almost any other team, have yet to settle in a particular area.

[druryfire]

Is a lot of the groundhopping to do with the protests earlier in the season? I think many games were postponed and moved to other days such as a Wednesday whent he grounds they were meant to use might have been unavailable.

I guess with clubs not owning the grounds, I guess they rent on a game by game basis and with most not knowign if and when games will take place, they probably don't book t he facilities in advance.

[druryfire]

Bangkok North Central Assn and North Bangkok both seem like they are both formed from the very same institute, it seems like North Bangkok are regulated by North Bangkok College and Bangkok North Central are probably offspring of North Bangkok College, probably ex college students?

[druryfire]

Ok, maybe during the close season (for some clubs at least) we can discuss a few teams, there background, where they play or have played and there ambitions.

Maybe we can take turns in suggesting a club? My turn this week:

Thai Airways Look-Isan

Previously known as Thai Airways and Thai Airways Ban Bueng, they currently play in the Bangkok Division of the Regional League. The last I knew of them, they were playing at the Beer Chang Stadium in Ban Bueng, but I guess since they are playing in the Bangkok League they have moved to Bangkok, representing the Isan (Issan?) population of Bangkok.

Last season they came 9th out of 13th. The season before they were relegated from Division One after finishing on 30 points - 2 behind survival.

This year they were dumped out of the FA Cup in the 1st round to Personnel of Globlex Securities!  They also qualified for the 1st round of the League Cup in which they met Sriracha in what i would presume would have been a derby game if they weren't to have moved home.

What are the ambitions of this club? I would suggest that they are here just to get the Thai Airways airline brand out to the general public.

[wolfman]

ThaiAir-Luk Isan played most (if not all) of the 2010 season at Ramkamhaeng University.

[binnsy]

no we don't have to turn them inside out our boss just buys us new ones, i am so glad i support a club as rich as this one.and such a beautiful shade of orange,don't you agree

Was this game played at the Uni in the middle of the town?I used to go and watch this side and I do believe that Korat were beating everyone that season.Also Surin were in the same Division.This team was not PEA it may have been Buriram FC.Those matchs were not very well advertised sometimes there were about 800-1000 another day 300.
2. Why not give something to the fans they travel everywhere to see there club play.

Thanks Loko - 250 is cheaper than any shirt I've seen (or bought) this season.

PEA - I think I've spotted a flaw in that argument. I agree with the sentiment of rewarding loyal fans, but (and correct me if I'm wrong) the supporters were given their shirt at the beginning of the season. Unless the shirts were given to a bunch of fans from Ayutthaya, Buriram-PEA didn't have any fans to reward at that stage - at least not for travelling to home and away games.
Buriram FC perhaps, but I also doubt the number of hardcore fans from their first season was anywhere near Binnsy's figure of 800.

Fewer than 200 at Buriram for their 'derby' with us in 2009 - I'll dig out the photo album later to back that statement up - and we took about 50/60. Over 14,000 present for the same fixture in 2010.
I don't remember their having an away support in Korat for the reverse fixture in 2009, but over 500 attended this year. 

[wolfman]

Is a lot of the groundhopping to do with the protests earlier in the season? I think many games were postponed and moved to other days such as a Wednesday whent he grounds they were meant to use might have been unavailable.

I guess with clubs not owning the grounds, I guess they rent on a game by game basis and with most not knowign if and when games will take place, they probably don't book t he facilities in advance.

Perhaps. But those clubs were still ground-hopping in the second leg too.

[Vinnie]

Binnsy: Yes, it was Buriram F.C. The same club that is currently competing in the play-offs. Newin officially took them over at about the same time PEA moved.

[SriRachaShark]

Ok, maybe during the close season (for some clubs at least) we can discuss a few teams, there background, where they play or have played and there ambitions.

Maybe we can take turns in suggesting a club? My turn this week:

Thai Airways Look-Isan

Previously known as Thai Airways and Thai Airways Ban Bueng, they currently play in the Bangkok Division of the Regional League. The last I knew of them, they were playing at the Beer Chang Stadium in Ban Bueng, but I guess since they are playing in the Bangkok League they have moved to Bangkok, representing the Isan (Issan?) population of Bangkok.

Last season they came 9th out of 13th. The season before they were relegated from Division One after finishing on 30 points - 2 behind survival.

This year they were dumped out of the FA Cup in the 1st round to Personnel of Globlex Securities!  They also qualified for the 1st round of the League Cup in which they met Sriracha in what i would presume would have been a derby game if they weren't to have moved home.

What are the ambitions of this club? I would suggest that they are here just to get the Thai Airways airline brand out to the general public.

The locals really took the club to their hearts when they played in Ban Bueng. In fact a lot of the people I know from following Chonburi started to watch TABB instead.

There is also the Jadet connection and we got Puritat from there. The latter's mother-in-law turned up at Chonburi match a couple of weeks ago in a Thai Airways red and green hooped shirt.

[druryfire]

I recently spoke to someone within the Bangkok Christian College camp and he had this to tell me:

Our team originally started from our school, Bangkok Christian College(the oldest school in Thailand : now 158 years old) who have been one of the top 5 school football teams in the last 20 years. And about 10 years or so ago, we decided to have our professional team that separate but supported by school and send the team to compete in division 4 in Thailand Profession Football league. We are the only team in Thai football history to go from Division 4 to division1(Thailand Premier League) in 5 years. But with some of the financial difficulties now we are in division 2 trying to get back there. We are famous for our die-hard fans who are so passionate about our football. I will give you update you more details later. By the way, we will start new season in mid of Feb next year and will compete for about 9 months.


I've asked him to get signed up to this forum to keep us updated on events around the club and hopefully the events of the Bangkok league in general. Fingers crossed.

[wolfman]

Week 7 Saturday:
Loei 1-1 Samut Prakan
Phuket 2-0 Bangkok FC
Rayong 1-1 Chai Nat

Phuket & Rayong 13, Chai Nat 11, Samut Prakan 9, Loei 5, Bangkok 3
Loei and Bangkok are out of the running for automatic promotion.

Phuket would win the group on H2H at this stage (draw, 1 away goal), although Rayong have the GD advantage.

[BangkokGlassBunny]

Good result for Chiang Mai, beating Buriram 1-0 on their own patch

[binnsy]

Good result for Chiang Mai, beating Buriram 1-0 on their own patch

They need it was 1-0 to Buriram at Chiang Mai

[wolfman]

Week 7, Sunday:
Rangsit Uni 2-0 Trang
Buriram 0-1 Chiang Mai
Phichit 0-1 Saraburi

As binnsy said, Chiang Mai needed that. Had Buriram won, they would have gone 3 points clear with a game in hand. Now Buriram need to win their game in hand with Saraburi on Saturday to go back on top. That game will be huge as Saraburi are right in the hunt too, and will be looking to avenge the 5-1 beating they took in Buriram. It's only one loss, but Buriram went unbeaten in the regular season too, before struggling a little in the second half of the season. Will this pattern repeat itself in the mini-league?

Current points:
Chiang Mai 16, Buriram 13, Saraburi 11, Rangsit 9, Phichit 8, Trang 0

[PEA]

Week 7, Sunday:
Rangsit Uni 2-0 Trang
Buriram 0-1 Chiang Mai
Phichit 0-1 Saraburi

As binnsy said, Chiang Mai needed that. Had Buriram won, they would have gone 3 points clear with a game in hand. Now Buriram need to win their game in hand with Saraburi on Saturday to go back on top. That game will be huge as Saraburi are right in the hunt too, and will be looking to avenge the 5-1 beating they took in Buriram. It's only one loss, but Buriram went unbeaten in the regular season too, before struggling a little in the second half of the season. Will this pattern repeat itself in the mini-league?

Current points:
Chiang Mai 16, Buriram 13, Saraburi 11, Rangsit 9, Phichit 8, Trang 0

luck goal they deserved nothing.chaing mai support disgusting 50 not like the 2500 we took there,still i suppose they all had family engagement.

[lokomotive]

.......still i suppose they all had family engagement.

Yeah and don't forget what kind of family engagement Buriram FC and PEA have.

[Vinnie]

Week 7, Sunday:
Rangsit Uni 2-0 Trang
Buriram 0-1 Chiang Mai
Phichit 0-1 Saraburi

As binnsy said, Chiang Mai needed that. Had Buriram won, they would have gone 3 points clear with a game in hand. Now Buriram need to win their game in hand with Saraburi on Saturday to go back on top. That game will be huge as Saraburi are right in the hunt too, and will be looking to avenge the 5-1 beating they took in Buriram. It's only one loss, but Buriram went unbeaten in the regular season too, before struggling a little in the second half of the season. Will this pattern repeat itself in the mini-league?

Current points:
Chiang Mai 16, Buriram 13, Saraburi 11, Rangsit 9, Phichit 8, Trang 0

It's made things a little more interesting, but I still thoroughly expect Chiang Mai and Buriram to go up automatically.

[wolfman]

luck goal they deserved nothing.chaing mai support disgusting 50 not like the 2500 we took there,still i suppose they all had family engagement.

Saw the last 10 minutes on a replay this morning. Alright goal, crap defending. Thought I heard the commentator say 300-400 away fans, but I wasn't really concentrating. Having visited the Buriram FC website, the away fan zone is  tiny and tucked away in the corner of the main stand. Nowhere near as large or appealing as any other ground I've been to this season. Perhaps that's why so few go there?

[wolfman]

Today's catch-up match:
Saraburi 1-1 Buriram

Points (with all teams now having played 7 matches):

Chiang Mai 16, Buriram 14, Saraburi 12, Rangsit U. 9, Phichit 8, Trang 0

[binnsy]

Today's catch-up match:
Saraburi 1-1 Buriram

Points (with all teams now having played 7 matches):

Chiang Mai 16, Buriram 14, Saraburi 12, Rangsit U. 9, Phichit 8, Trang 0

Not the best result for Buriram yesterday but with the bottom 3 sides to play they should finish in the top 2 .Chiang Mai against Saraburi will be an entertaining match.

[BKK73]

Today's catch-up match:
Saraburi 1-1 Buriram

Points (with all teams now having played 7 matches):

Chiang Mai 16, Buriram 14, Saraburi 12, Rangsit U. 9, Phichit 8, Trang 0

Not the best result for Buriram yesterday but with the bottom 3 sides to play they should finish in the top 2 .Chiang Mai against Saraburi will be an entertaining match.

Chiang Mai have Phichit (H) and Rangsit Uni (A) before they meet Saraburi (H) for the last game of the season. They'll be hoping to have promotion wrapped up before they play Saraburi on the last day.

[wolfman]

Buriram and Saraburi both still have to face point-less Trang, but Chiang Mai have taken their 6 points already. I think the Lava will be fine.

[wolfman]

Saturday, Round 8:

Saraburi 2-0 Rangsit
Chiang Mai 3-2 Phichit
Trang 1-3 Buriram

Chiang Mai 19, Buriram 17, Saraburi 15, Rangsit 9, Phichit 8, Trang 0
Three teams still in the running.

Randon fact #73: Watched the 50-ish minutes of Chiang Mai v Phichit, and I think the commentators said that C-M's 'keeper (Phansa M.) was in the BEC-Tero side that played in the ACL Final of 2003.

[BKK73]

Saturday, Round 8:

Saraburi 2-0 Rangsit
Chiang Mai 3-2 Phichit
Trang 1-3 Buriram

Chiang Mai 19, Buriram 17, Saraburi 15, Rangsit 9, Phichit 8, Trang 0
Three teams still in the running.



Randon fact #73: Watched the 50-ish minutes of Chiang Mai v Phichit, and I think the commentators said that C-M's 'keeper (Phansa M.) was in the BEC-Tero side that played in the ACL Final of 2003.

3-2 sounds like it was a tough game for Chiang Mai. How did the scoring go in the game? Did they need to come from behind to win?

[wolfman]

Saturday, Round 8:

Saraburi 2-0 Rangsit
Chiang Mai 3-2 Phichit
Trang 1-3 Buriram

Chiang Mai 19, Buriram 17, Saraburi 15, Rangsit 9, Phichit 8, Trang 0
Three teams still in the running.



Randon fact #73: Watched the 50-ish minutes of Chiang Mai v Phichit, and I think the commentators said that C-M's 'keeper (Phansa M.) was in the BEC-Tero side that played in the ACL Final of 2003.

3-2 sounds like it was a tough game for Chiang Mai. How did the scoring go in the game? Did they need to come from behind to win?

Yes. It was 1-1 when I switched across at 40 minutes. Phichit scored went up 2-1 just after halftime. C-M equalised around 70 minutes, and scored the winner with about 5 minutes remaining. They'd missed a few free headers by then though.

[BKK73]

Saturday, Round 8:

Saraburi 2-0 Rangsit
Chiang Mai 3-2 Phichit
Trang 1-3 Buriram

Chiang Mai 19, Buriram 17, Saraburi 15, Rangsit 9, Phichit 8, Trang 0
Three teams still in the running.



Randon fact #73: Watched the 50-ish minutes of Chiang Mai v Phichit, and I think the commentators said that C-M's 'keeper (Phansa M.) was in the BEC-Tero side that played in the ACL Final of 2003.

3-2 sounds like it was a tough game for Chiang Mai. How did the scoring go in the game? Did they need to come from behind to win?

Yes. It was 1-1 when I switched across at 40 minutes. Phichit scored went up 2-1 just after halftime. C-M equalised around 70 minutes, and scored the winner with about 5 minutes remaining. They'd missed a few free headers by then though.

That result should be enough for CM to win promotion. A win at Rangsit Uni next week will guarantee them 1st division football in 2011.

[wolfman]

Week 8, Sunday:

Chai Nat 3-1 Phuket
Samut Prakan 0-0 Rayong
Bangkok 1-0 Loei


Table: Rayong & Chai Nat 14, Phuket 13, Samut Prakan 10, Bangkok 6, Loei 5.

Still 4 teams in it, after 3 & 4 take points off 1 & 2 - Phuket suffer their first loss.

Wrapped up my season by going to the Bkk v Loei game. Entertaining, even fixture, complete with floodlight failure. Bangkok deserved the win, carving out better chances thorugh the match, including hitting the bar twice in the first half before scoring the winner with about 15 minutes to go. Loei looked decent, but really had no bite up front.